As I progress on this particular life journey, I am discovering how wonderful life is once I let go. Let go of control, let go of blame, let go of attachment. It seems the more I let go, the more good flows to me. Are your holding yourself back by attaching strings to everything? We often have rules in place for how we are willing to be: what part we are willing to play in relationship, in our work life and life in general. << MORE >>

Are you living in the flow of life? Maybe you’ve heard the saying “I’m just going with the flow.” Often when people use this saying, they are indicating that others are in control of whatever the situation is and they have chosen not to fight it. << MORE >>

What drives you? Have you taken a look at what your real, deep intentions are for your life? Uncover your deep, driving desire. Nourish your connection to Spirit. Take inspired action. Watch your life begin to transform<< MORE >>

I have received a lot of emails and comments asking about the emotional scale that I mentioned. Although many people have incorporated the use of an emotional scale in their work, the one that I think shows the greatest detail is presented by Abraham in the book “Ask and it is Given” by Esther and Jerry Hicks. It is an excellent book to have in your library. I have included the scale here<< MORE >>

In my last entry, I said “Do the work, change your thoughts, change your life.” I’m sure some of you read that and thought – if only it was that easy. I want to tell you that although it may not be easy, it really is that simple.

We attract that which we are – our thoughts create our reality. Our thoughts show us our perception of the world and our expectations of others. The world or more precisely our own personal experience of the world, shows up to exactly match our ... << MORE >>

“Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are” – James Allen. Not seeing the results you want? What stories are you telling yourself? Do the work, change your thoughts, and change your life! << MORE >>

This past week has been particularly challenging for me. Have you ever had one of those weeks? It seems like you are treading water, staying afloat, but not making progress. I wholeheartedly believe in the importance of renewing oneself, yet it was a lot of effort finding the time!

What do you do to renew? For me, it depends on how much time I can squeeze out. I love to spa at nice places where you can just relax and hang out. Of course, that doesn’t happen everyday. I also use meditation, a night out, and silence ...

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Out beyond ideas of wrong doing and right doing,
there is a field. I will meet you there. - Jalaluddin Rumi

The majority of people were raised with some societal ideas of what is right and what is wrong, what is acceptable and what is not. These convictions are subjective – they belong to each individual person and can be different for each person. Yet we often judge the actions of others, and ourselves by how the action measures up against these convictions.

Here’s a thought: what would your life be like if you let go of judgment and blame? It is not an easy thing to do, most of us judge and blame sort of on auto-pilot – without conscious thought, zoom! We go right there!

The thing is, we never have all the facts and we can never really know what is in someone else’s mind. Most importantly, we are applying our construct of right and wrong to someone else that may or not share our view. When we find someone’s actions lacking or when something goes awry in life it is very easy to judge the action/occurrence as wrong and to blame someone for it. Judgment and blame usually bring on feelings of anger and resentment. What does that do to/for you? How does that serve you? Does it make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside? Probably not!

Siddhartha Gautama Buddha said “Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” Letting go of judgment and blame of others releases us from the cycle of anger and resentment. It detaches our state of mind from control by another’s actions. It frees us to choose our own state of mind. What state will you choose?

Make a conscious effort not to pass judgment on anyone/anything for one day. I’d love to hear your experiences.

    

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